Which watch do you own

This is a discussion on Which watch do you own within Shifting gears, part of the Around the Corner category; Originally Posted by trammway
But my watch isn't Pam 925, it is Pam 168 regatta chrono from 2003.
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That's a great looking watch. If I may ask, how much did you pay for it? You can PM me if not comfortable to share here.

HI Mobike,

If i remembered correctly, I bought a HMT Pilot and Janta for total of 1800 Rs with Pilot being some 950 Rs and Janta being 840 rs . I bought them from Flip kart and got a discount of 15 % on listed Priced.

Although it's Showing as Out of stock for Pilot But last price for Pilot was 1200 Rs on flip kart . Off lately i am seeing huge demand for pilot's .

If i remembered correctly, I bought a HMT Pilot and Janta for total of 1800 Rs with Pilot being some 950 Rs and Janta being 840 rs . I bought them from Flip kart and got a discount of 15 % on listed Priced.

Although it's Showing as Out of stock for Pilot But last price for Pilot was 1200 Rs on flip kart . Off lately i am seeing huge demand for pilot's .

If you're in Mumbai or Delhi or bangalore, go to the hmt shop. Those guys are eager to see anyone, and they give a discount on the watches. I picked up the pilot for 650 from Mumbai and a janta for 750 a year ago. I checked with them about the white face pilot and it's available in Mumbai. Not sure about the discount but I'm sure it won't cost more than 900 rupees.

The only catch is that the store is open from 10 to 5. Sarkari store so that's expected.

I wish I could run hmt. It would be such a great candidate for an overhaul by someone passionate about watches rather than babu who doesn't care.

Has anyone used this site called digaaz.com? It seems to good to be true, and what I've learnt about too good to be true is that it usually is. Thinking about this: http://www.digaaz.com/luxury-watches...ion-watch.html At 33000 rupees, it's a steal. So should I take the plunge?

Clearly there is something here that is creating an overpowering piscine odour....

Why is that i can only see the black variant of the Pilot on HMT's website ?

I think the most popular version of Pilot has a black dial but there are several other variants as well. Not sure if all those are still made by HMT today. Some images from Google for reference:

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Originally Posted by satyamkaushik

Can you tell me where did you get this one from & how much did you shed for it, if you don't mind.

Absolutely! I got mine from TE's ongoing group order (Link). These were custom made by HMT on a made-to-order basis. We did an interest check, collected some 200+ orders, transferred the amount (Rs. 1250 per watch) and Mano Sir requested HMT's Chennai branch to place the order at their plant. It appears that their plant is going through a major power crisis and as a result, the manufacturing happens pretty slowly. The first batch order was placed during August-end and I received mine last weekend so you could get an estimate of the delay.

But all said and done, the wait was completely worth it. I am not a big fan of these NATO straps. Leather suits me just fine.